There is a confusing and possibly deceptive quality to the communications that are occurring now, thanks to a trine between Mercury in Cancer and Neptune Retrograde in Pisces, exact at 10:36p PDT this evening of 18th July 2014. The degree to which we may be choosing to delude ourselves may be made more clear by a square of the Cancer 5 Sun and Mars in Libra, exact less than an hour later at 11:42p PDT.
Neptune has rather escapist tendencies as the ruler of Pisces, and in its own sign, it’s more apt to act upon these tendencies. With the planet in retrograde motion, this indicates that each of us may be more inclined to allow ourselves to be deceived rather than being deceived outright or unknowingly by others. It may seem strange, but through this transit, there’s a likelihood of our being tricked into taking responsibility for the delusions of others.
Mercury in Cancer reveals that our minds are being swayed by our emotions. There is much to say about how we feel, yet it is wise to keep in mind that in the sign of Cancer, we are in protective mommy mode when it comes to what we are emotionally invested in. Our minds aren’t really objective as we are focused on how to protect and defend the people and projects we care about most.
In turn, how we really feel about certain people and projects is being awakened by what we are individually and collectively thinking and saying. Our communications are triggering emotional responses in us and others around us. These emotional responses are helping us discern who and what we care about most. They may also be revealing to us where we are deluding ourselves most, escaping truths that we don’t want to hear or even consider as fact because they challenge if not oppose what we are already saying or thinking.
The dynamics of this trine between Mercury and Neptune Retrograde and the square between Sun and Mars are a bit frightening. We may be confronted by the passionate calls to action that are coming forth, yet we aren’t really able to discern fact from fiction in what we are being told. We are being guided intuitively, yet many of us may be giving up our intuitive knowing for emotionally charged communications from others that are trying to convince us of what we should think or believe, even if it doesn’t intuitively feel right to us to think that way.
You may not believe what is being said, but do you speak out against it in the face of popular emotional opinion or the opinions of your loved ones, or speak what you intuitively feel and believe regardless of your emotional connections with them? Does what you intuitively feel aligns with the opinions of others or challenges them? If your feelings are challenged, do you hide or pretend your truth doesn’t matter and go along with others or the crowd, or do you speak your truth and face the possibility of being shamed, shunned, or ridiculed for considering something others than the “facts” that you are being told and shown?
Combine this emotional-intuitive confusion with the concurrent Sun- Mars square, and you’ll notice that we are being challenged to face the consequences of our actions head-on with…well, more action.
Mars in Libra strives to take actions to restore fairness and justice where it is out of balance, and the Cancer 5 Sun is revealing to us where balancing changes need to be made. However, the Cancer 5 Sun is revealing these needed changes through a maternal filter – a filter of what is emotionally important to us rather than what is objectively needed. Therefore, we are being pushed to deal with the aftermath of both our action and inaction by being emotionally triggered into passionate protective and/or defensive actions to restore fairness and justice. Unfortunately, emotional sensitivities are already running high due to the Mercury-Neptune trine, and many of us are saying or listening for any explanations or stories that make us feel better about what is happening right now and what we are being called to do, even if the stories aren’t true or factual and even if we intuitively feel like it may not be the right thing to do.
The scariest part of all of this is that actions may be taken through Neptune in Pisces’ escapist emotional responses rather than objective logic and facts, and the facts that are being communicated to us collectively may not be as complete or concrete as they are being presented to be due to Mercury in Cancer’s emotional filter in collusion with Neptune’s idealism.
In other words, people are ready to act and encouraging others to act upon what they want to act upon, but not necessarily what is real or true. This is happening on the world stage but also in our personal lives.
Questions to use to check in with yourself are:
- Are we really thinking these things through and acting on the real truth, or are we listening for and acting upon what makes us feel better about ourselves and our positions, even if it’s only a truth that is declared it to be?
- Are you choosing to face the real and factual truth of your circumstances and do you really feel good about the choices you are making to deal with them…
- …or are you choosing to believe the not-entirely-factual stories that you are making up that help you justify and/or feel better about yourself and the choices you are making at this time?
- Are you making these choices to look good for and/or justify your choices to others?
- Are you making these choices because they are what is best for you, or because they are what is best for the greater whole?
- Are you deluding yourself or running from the truth because the facts are too painful for you to face or because you don’t want to be responsible for choosing a course of action in light of them?
- Are the actions you are being encouraged to take actually fair and just and based in fact, or are they fair and just because you are angry and need someone or something to take it out on regardless of facts?
One or all of these questions may help you figure out where you stand on matters that you are facing in your life at this time as these two transits represent the moment where we individually and collectively are choosing which truths we are choosing to believe and act upon.
Mercury in Cancer trine Neptune Retrograde in Pisces may tell you wonderful stories, but Cancer 5 Sun square Mars in Libra may get you to make choices that lead us into circumstances that you can’t get out of once you’re in.
Choose wisely. Your life, the lives of others, and the state of the world may depend on it.
Thanks for reading and sharing Signs and Numbers. Until next post…
~ Light, Love, and Blessings,
Grace
